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Subject: [Leica] Re: DMR and my R8 - not getting along at all.
From: firkin at balhpl01.ncable.net.au (firkin)
Date: Wed Aug 17 18:31:59 2005
References: <82c9dd70508151958ef5142a@mail.gmail.com> <440b792d050816112317de9a88@mail.gmail.com> <82c9dd705081611424ef66a33@mail.gmail.com> <82c9dd7050816114524944839@mail.gmail.com>

When they announced the DMR they said that the early R8's might not work. I 
had an early one, but it had to be replaced, so I'm hopeful that iffffff I 
ever had a DMR it would work. Does anyone know the serial number of the 
"change"? 

Eric Korenman writes: 

> Spoke with Leica NJ -- it is my R8. It needs an upgraded brain to
> communicate with the DMR. Shooting too fast causes the body and back
> to jam up and lose communication. 
> 
> First impressions on the DMR: 
> 
> 1) Slow - IE, 2 FPS. But I am used to shooting with a motor drive and
> think nothing of blowing through a roll in several minutes. 
> 
> 2) Filling the buffer with 10 images and then having to wait for the
> back to write to the SD is immediately annoying. I am using 10mb/sec
> SD cards from Sandisk (the fastest you can go these days). Waiting for
> back to catch up to you will annoy many. 
> 
> 3) Very intuitive interface. 
> 
> 4) Few test shots I got to look at really DO look like film! 
> 
> Eric 
> 
>  
> 
> On 8/16/05, Eric Korenman <faneuil@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Sandisk Ultra II 2gb. Read/Write max is 10mb/sec (I think) 
>> 
>> Eric 
>> 
>> On 8/16/05, mehrdad <msadat@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > eric
>> >
>> >  the motor on the dmr is not the same as the r8 motor drive so the
>> > sounds is ok.
>> > what kind of sd card are u using?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 8/15/05, Eric Korenman <faneuil@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > So.. the DMR arrived today..
>> > > I think my R8 may be older than I thought. It doesn't seem to play
>> > > well with the DMR.
>> > >
>> > > Here is my "HELP!" post to the leica forum:
>> > >
>> > > ----
>> > >
>> > > Just got my DMR today. It mated easily to my R8.
>> > > Seems to work ok until I try to take a series of shots. Suddenly after
>> > > 4 or 5 shots, the shuter will fire but the drive will not recock the
>> > > shutter.
>> > >
>> > > When this happens I can still push the shutter release and the digital
>> > > back 'thinks' it is taking pictures, but the shutter will not fire and
>> > > the results (of course) are blackness.
>> > >
>> > > Only way to get out this 'jam' is to disconnect the drive unit and
>> > > reconnect it.
>> > >
>> > > Plus, to my ear, the motor sounds wimpy compared to my motor drive --
>> > > which stills works perfectly well when I switch back to film & drive.
>> > >
>> > > HELP!
>> > >
>> > > thanks,
>> > > Eric
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > _______________________________________________
>> > > Leica Users Group.
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>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> >  -------------------------------------
>> >  regards, mehrdad
>> >
>> >
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>> > 
>>
>  
> 
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Alastair Firkin
www.afirkin.com
www.familyofman2.com 

In reply to: Message from faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman) ([Leica] DMR and my R8 - not getting along at all.)
Message from msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad) ([Leica] DMR and my R8 - not getting along at all.)
Message from faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman) ([Leica] DMR and my R8 - not getting along at all.)
Message from faneuil at gmail.com (Eric Korenman) ([Leica] DMR and my R8 - not getting along at all.)